Here's a "throw-away" item you could add at any of several possible points in your coming story, without needing to worry about contradicting my story. Say that a sitting Mayor of Shilohsville is proven guilty of channeling city-government money to an organization his own wife belongs to: the corrupt activist group W.A.L.N.U.T.! When it comes out, the public-radio hack Rhoda Gardner could make up phony justifications for the unethical action.